After unveiling the most pirated TV shows of the year earlier this week, Torrent Freak has now revealed the ten most-pirated movies of 2016, based upon the number of illegal downloads on BitTorrent over the past six months. There aren’t really any major surprises here, save perhaps for the lack of Zootopia, which is the […]

Alejandro G. Innaritu’s The Revenant, which walked away with three Academy Awards last month, is the latest film to be given the Honest Trailer treatment by the fine people over at Screen Junkies. The film, which debuts on Blu-ray and DVD in the USA on April 19th, is described in the trailer as “epic […]

The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema – including the solo Batman movie currently in development, reports of Suicide Squad 2 already confirmed, two rumoured titles for Star Wars: Episode VIII and much, much more… The Week in Movies is an excerpt from the weekly Flickering Myth Super Newsletter. Subscribe here to […]

Luke Owen on last night’s Oscars… If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, then Awards Season is the most loathsome as a film fan. It’s the time of year that a group of out-of-touch Hollywood professionals all gather round to lay their hand down on what they think was the best film released […]

The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema – including the announced Rated R cut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the first behind the scenes photo from Justice League, a Captain America: Civil War role revealed and much, much more… The Week in Movies is an excerpt from the weekly Flickering […]

This week Neil Calloway looks at a report about representation on-screen. In between re-watching Deadpool, I’m sure you’ve all been spending your time reading Inclusion or Invisibility? Comprehensive Annenberg Report on Diversity in Entertainment. If not, I’m here to help. Complied by the Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California. […]

This week’s Jump Cut is all about determining the best year ever in cinema. “But how can you figure that out?!” you shout at whatever device you’re reading this on. “Film is too subjective an art form for you to make overarching statements like that!” That’s a very good point, but you’re overlooking two things: 1) the […]

For the second year in a row (and the first time they’ve ever handed out back-to-back awards), the Directors Guild of America has honoured Alejandro G. Inarritu with the top prize at the Directors Guild of America Awards, with Inarittu collecting Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Revenant. Inarritu won the DGA Award last […]

Now that 2015 is over, there are plenty of ‘Best Of’ lists pronouncing the movies you should have seen already. Hell, even we did it at Flickering Myth. But by the end of the year, it’s too late. You suddenly have 50+ films you missed out on to catch up with. Where were the ‘Best Ofs’ as […]

The Flickering Myth Review heads into the wilderness, jumps into the ring and bursts out of Room…. Scott J. Davis and Rohan Morbey return with another episode of The Flickering Myth Review, discussing the big films of the week including The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy; Creed, starring Michael B. Jordan and Golden […]